THE NEW YORKER ON WITH THE. MAltA THON T HOSE long distance runners re at it again, tearing up the Avenue in their B.V.D.'s, be- wildering those who gape at them f rom limousines on their way to the theatre. Who are they? Where do they come from? Where are they going in such a rush? These questions have remained unanswered even to those who have leaped from their cars in their excitement and sped after the runners., No pursuers have as yet been sÙccessftil, partly because they were ,l1ot dressed for the rôle, but largely because they were not in fit condi- tion for the chase. This distressing realization of the flabbIness of the average citizen has been br'ought to pub] ic attention by the case of Mrs. Pratt Emery. Mrs. Emery has taken up the matter with Tv1r. Liederliebes, the physical culture expert, and, combining their finances .and their zest for public improve- ment, they hope to work wonders for the city-to turn it indeed into one great big gymnasium. As is so often the case with some great civic awakening, it had its be- ginning in a personal domestic trage- dy. The Emerys had been parted for years-they are not a young cou- ple, she is just Clarence De Mar's age -and she bad lost all track of Mr. Emery. Often she had dreamed, how- ever, of some meeting, of beginning it all over again, of forgiving him everything. But she had no idea, how- ever, where he was. Imagine, then, her amazement the other night, as she was on her way to an opening at the Provincetown Playhouse, to see her long-lost mate dart out of the dark- ness of the garment district in the abbreviated costume of the Marathon 2nd speed by her up the A venue. In a trice she was out of the car and after him. But, her snake train in- terfering, she had lost sight of him before he reached Twenty-third Street. Her only clue to his goal was his shouted hallo to a cheering bus: "On to the Bronx!" Although she could somewhat blame her attire for her defeat, Mrs. Emery confessed to Mr. Liederliebes that she was hopelessly out of condi- tion, anyway. This worried her, be- cause she expected soon to be going to another opening at the Provincetown Theatre, and the same contingency might develop again. "I practically never appear on the 59 EVERYWHERE IT'S COLOR! COLOR! Any New Yorker with a keen sense of color values will appreciate the broad color variety presented in "Claridge" Plain Wide Seamless car- pets-twenty colors to be exact! so. The vogue of plain color today in carpets specifically calls for %t i t ,, ,':'::'* "" ':hi:i#i; ;:t:i.1};ti' ' t , :r::i. ;.; :1:1 )jJi ::f , bt l'l f, '[f :- f ,< \ t& : ... < ,,', 'i ( \h ,', ' '" " It Jl < i :'\ ., ". 'Þ:;: :. ".:::;.:';;;.:,-:: - :-:::=-' :f; iì;iL ::::..; kIt , , -;:,:"" ,.::'. " , t \;:.,> ......... t ::.Ò' : ... it '. :';:t Gf;::i;rP' ";h'?, , , . . . . ., ? ;,:;;J}';: ';ff ::: '.' "Claridge", because of its luxurious softness, its high pile, its rich color tones. Ask your dealer or interior decorator to show you "Claridge" carpets or write for brochure of 16 full color plates. .If Lookfor the "Golden Thread of Quality'" lL woven in the back Jf CHARLES W POULSON & SONS CARPET CO.. Inc. 295 Fifth Avenue New York, N. Y. Mills: Philadelphia, Pa. -- ^' ,,,t " , 3:,: /+",;: /,:.J :i 'j i ' ' ... ...",} "' f.j>,...::,::.:' , ,:,i, ^ ,'.: ' , ., ':;: ",. t , :;k,:::,:;:;:::i:;r; ::0:<c,,!.,r- .."'- ". .'. t. : . .Ws"' .. .-;:.:.:'. ........ .' :. :. ::._..>- .... ,: "'..":>:y,..yN< ' ' %.,' PLAIN WIDE SEAMLESS CARPET :. ""':":':': "',Y' Ï;1f :- '^ "